Episode 234 • • 1:16:24 - 1:20:48
234: Phasers on Stun
Torture Concerns and Prison Industrial Complex Expansion
The ACLU has criticized the use of the Active Denial System in jails, labeling it a potential torture device. The hosts discuss the long-term health risks, such as cataracts, and suggest that the deployment of such technology is a precursor to expanding the use of prison populations for slave labor. They argue that the government is choosing between high-tech suppression and mass incarceration.